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Jan 28, 2021 (newstodate):  At an online pres conference on January 27, 2021, the coming new low-cost airline in Norway, Flyr outlined its plans in more details.
   Depending on the developments around the Covid-19 pandemic and the granting of its AOC, the carrier plans to launch flights on June 1, 2021, with an initial fleet comprising eight leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
   In the first phase, the network will cover flights from Oslo to 12 destinations including five outside Norway with Copenhagen as one example.
   In a second phase, the fleet will grow to 20 aircraft and the network will cover 23 destinations, now also including Stockholm, and in a phase 3 the fleet will contain up to 28-30 aircraft with flights also from Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim and serving a network adding flights also to the three Baltic states.
   Still pending is the Norwegian CAA's handling of Flyr's application by October 28, 2020, for an AOC, but bookings will open by April 2021.
   The carrier will be keen to adjust its aircraft fleet to avoid dependence on serving less profitable market in the Nordic region just to keep its aircraft busy, flyr says.